Business Insider Ranks 20 High-Paying Growth Jobs, Led by Software Developers at $135,980
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Updated · Business Insider · Sep 1
Business Insider Ranks 20 High-Paying Growth Jobs, Led by Software Developers at $135,980
3 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Sep 1
Summary
Software developers topped Business Insider’s ranking of 20 high-paying jobs projected to grow from 2025 to 2035, with median annual pay of $135,980 and expected job gains of 174,700.
BLS projections released Thursday drove the list, which Business Insider limited to occupations paying at least $75,000 and ranked using a geometric mean of wages and projected employment growth.
Healthcare roles featured heavily: registered nurses ranked fourth with 194,700 projected new jobs, nurse practitioners sixth with 137,800, and medical and health services managers second with 155,100.
Tech and business jobs also placed near the top, including computer and information systems managers fifth, data scientists eighth, accountants and auditors 11th, and financial managers seventh.
The broader BLS outlook points to uneven labor demand through 2035, with fast growth in skilled healthcare and digital roles even as occupations such as telemarketers and order clerks are projected to shrink.
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